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Cat - Ada Perry, Black Velvet, circa 1930s-1960sReg. No: HT 2902

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Summary:

Black Velvet Cat, from a collection of handcrafts, produced by English migrant Ada Perry, between the 1930s and 1960s. Ada Perry migrated to Australia as a widow with eight children in 1924. She struggled to work a piece of isolated government allocated land at Mirboo North, until 1928 when a buggy accident left her unable to continue physical labour, so she created craft items, while her children worked the land. The items in the Museum's collection are prototypes, as she kept the first of anything she created for her children and then gave away the rest. All Ada's handcrafts were made using available scraps or reusing old clothes, providing insight into a domestic environment where subsistence was a struggle and where 'making do' was a matter of course.

Description:

Soft toy cat made from black velvet with eyes embroidered in green and black, a mouth embroidered in red and a nose embroidered in pink. Whiskers have also been attached to the cat's face.